Item 2

Item 2

1. Prescribed criteria

   • PC1
     • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
       • Have variables that store the users stats such as hp and gold
       • Have some sort of monetary system used for tracking the users purchases
       • Have a variety of choices for the user to make allowing for more variables
   • PC2
     • You must have at least two choices for each input (IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell)
       • There needs to be at least 2 choices so there exists a need for ELIF statements
       • There needs to be a choice between paths so that there can be 2 answers per input
   • PC3
     • Used to make sure the game progresses and does not get soft locked
   • PC4
     • The variables used relate to the setting they are used in e.g. Cave_choice_1 in a cave

2. Algorithmic constructs

   • sequence
     • A sequence is code that stores integers with certain positions
   • Selection And condition
     • A selection and condition is a piece of code that controls what set of instructions are ran when a condition is met using if or if else statements
   • iteration
     • process of executing a block of code multiple times using methods like loops

3. coding constructs

   • If statements
     • If Else statements
       • If else statements runs a section of code if the conditions are met and runs a different piece if it is not
     • If statements run a piece of code if the conditions are met otherwise the do nothing
   • For Loops
     • For loops will repeat a piece of good for a certain amount of time
   • While Loops
     • While loops will continuously repeat while the condition is met
   • assignment
     • Assignment is the process of attaching a name to a variable
   • modularisation
     • Breaking a large piece of code into smaller chunks called functions

4. Existing text based adventure games

   • Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
     • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game is an interactive fiction game released in 1984 by Infocom
       • It uses humour to engage the user
       • extremely difficult and unusual puzzles

5. Ideas for story

   • Village
     • Cave
       • Zombies
       • sword
     • Village centre
       • Magical brooch
         • Secret demon ending
       • Village help
         • If no Die
         • To castle
   • Castle
     • LEdgendary weapons
       • Kill dragons
         • Run dragons
         • If brooch have Deomon appear
           • JOin or fight
         • if no brooch save princess

6. Self-determined criteria

   • The Game must have a lot of replay potential
     • The game needs to have multiple endings
     • Your game needs to have an option to restart
     • The game needs to have a variety of paths for the user to play through